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Letters Pate-nt No. 77,268, dated April 28, 1868.

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Be it known that I, PERRY FINLEY, of Memphis, county of Shelby, andState of Tennessee, hnveinvented a. new and useful Improvement inClothes-Pins; and I do hereby declare that the following is a, full,clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of thesame, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a. part ofthis specicntion, in which- Figure 1 is al perspective view.

Figure 2, a. view of the pin clasped upon the clothes-line. A, bow orloop, forming the upper part of the pin; B B, clasp; C C, lips; D,clothes-line.

I construct my clothes-pin by taking e. strip of sheet steel or othersuitable material, and bend it so as to bring the ends parallel to eachother, so ,as to form a. bow or loop large enough to admit theindex-nger, for the convenience of placing the pin on or off the line,Immediately below the loop or bow, I form the clasp B B, by bending thelegsof the bow A, so as to iit and grasp the line D. I then form thelips C C, by bending the ends of the legs out'from the line. Ifwire isused, I formtlie lips by making'n ring or loop at each end of the wirebefore bending, as above described. Y

To prevent the clothes-pins from rusting or staining the clothes, I contthem with rubber, gutta. perche, or other suitable material. v

I operate my clothes-pin by placing the lips C C upon the line, andpressing down upon the bow A until the line enters the clasp B B, whichsecures the pin und clothes upon the line D.

The nature of my invention consists in constructing u clothes-pin fromsheet steel, wire, or other suitable material, with n bow or loop et thetop, and coa-ting 4the pin with rubber, gutta. perche, or other suitablematerial, as heretofore described.

What I claim as my invention, and wish to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A clothes-pin, constructed of sheet metal, and coated with rubber orguttnJ perche, in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

PERRY FINLEY.

Witnesses:

JAMES HALL, J. T. ROBINSON.

